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Hubertine Auclert
1848–1914
A fearless French feminist, journalist, and suffrage campaigner, she pushed for women to be treated as full citizens long before that idea was widely accepted. Her writing and activism helped make her one of the most important early voices for women's voting rights in France.
2 Audiobooks
Les femmes au gouvernail
by Hubertine Auclert
Le vote des femmes
by Hubertine Auclert
About the author
Born in 1848 in Saint-Priest-en-Murat, Hubertine Auclert became a leading figure in the fight for women's suffrage in France. She argued that political rights were essential to women's equality and refused to accept a society that treated women as citizens in name but not in law.
She is especially remembered for founding the newspaper La Citoyenne and for using bold, public tactics to press her case, including tax resistance and direct challenges to the political system. Her activism stood out for its energy and clarity: she wanted women not just to be protected or praised, but to vote, hold office, and participate fully in public life.
Auclert died in 1914, but her reputation has only grown with time. Today she is remembered as a pioneering suffragist whose work helped lay the groundwork for later advances in women's rights in France.